Instructional Specialist - Fine & Performing Arts

Terms of Employment: 12-month

Exemption Status: Exempt

EACC Salary Scale: A2_IS

Salary Scales FY 2026 | Charles County Public Schools

The Instructional Specialist for Fine and Performing Arts provides district-wide instructional, curricular, and program leadership for PK-12 programs, including dance, media arts, music, theatre, and visual arts. This position supports curriculum implementation, professional learning, teacher coaching, program operations, district-wide events, equitable student access, instructional resources, and alignment with Maryland Fine Arts Standards, COMAR, and Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) initiatives.

Education and Work Experience

• Master's degree and Maryland Advanced Professional Certificate required.
• Certification in a Fine and Performing Arts content area, or a degree in arts education, curriculum and instruction, educational leadership, or a related field preferred.
• A minimum of five years of successful teaching experience in a Fine and Performing Arts area.
• Experience supporting curriculum development, professional learning, teacher mentoring, or program implementation.
• Administrator I certification preferred.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership capability, including effective organization, communication, collaboration, and human relations skills.
• Knowledge of Maryland Fine Arts Standards, COMAR, MSDE initiatives, and current trends in PK-12 Fine and Performing Arts education.
• Skill in supporting teachers across multiple Fine and Performing Arts disciplines.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, work independently, and maintain accurate records.
• Capacity to coordinate complex programs, events, schedules, budgets, communications, and logistics across schools and departments.
• Knowledge of research-based instructional practices, curriculum design, assessment, classroom management, differentiated instruction, and student engagement strategies.
• Skill in collecting, analyzing, and applying data related to student participation, achievement, program access, curriculum needs, professional learning needs, and resource allocation.
• Proficiency with instructional technology, student information systems, spreadsheets, and digital tools to support program implementation and decision-making.

Essential Job Functions

• Works with the Content Specialist for Fine and Performing Arts to plan, implement, monitor, and evaluate PK-12 Fine and Performing Arts instructional programs.
• Supports Fine and Performing Arts teachers through school visits, meetings, coaching, modeling, feedback, and mentorship.
• Collaborates with school-based administrators, central office staff, and other departments to support teachers and strengthen program implementation.
• Develops, reviews, and supports implementation of curriculum resources, pacing guides, lesson resources, assessment tools, performance tasks, and instructional guidance documents.
• Collects and analyzes data to identify program, curriculum, professional learning, participation, access, staffing, and resource needs.
• Plans, develops, and implements professional learning opportunities for Fine and Performing Arts teachers and other personnel.
• Supports the planning and execution of district-wide Fine and Performing Arts events, festivals, rehearsals, performances, exhibitions, adjudications, and other student-centered arts experiences.
• Supports equitable access to Fine and Performing Arts programs through participation data, communication systems, instructional resources, instrument access, and program development.
• Assists with budgets, grants, procurement, contracts, instructional materials, inventory, equipment, repairs, and fiscal accountability.
• Serves as a liaison to MSDE, regional arts education organizations, community arts organizations, and other agencies as assigned.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Environmental Factors and Physical Requirements

The environmental factors and/or physical requirements of this position include the following: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to visit other locations; and the ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) light to medium weights of 10-50 pounds. Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm, hand and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard. The employee frequently is required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear.

Charles County Public Schools reserves the right to re-advertise and modify the content of vacancy announcements at any time; however, this may be the only notice for this position during the noted advertisement period.

The Charles County public school system does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability in its programs, activities or employment practices. For inquiries, please contact Dr. Mike Blanchard, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (students) or Nikial M. Majors, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (employees/adults), at Charles County Public Schools, Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building, P.O. Box 2770, La Plata, MD 20646; 301-932-6610/301-870-3814. For special accommodations, call 301-934-7230 or TDD 1-800-735-2258 two weeks prior to the event. CCPS provides nondiscriminatory equal access to school facilities in accordance with its Use of Facilities rules to designated youth groups (including, but not limited to, the Boy Scouts).